EditorialBilingual cone commemorating the construction, by king Hammurabi, of the enclosure wall of the town of Sippar. First half 18th BCE Baked clay, 9,5 x 6 cm AO 3277.
EditorialThe Sungod Shamash receiving homage from three small figures. His emblem, the solar disk, appears on the altar. The tablet was dedicated by a Babylonian king of the 9th BCE, who restored the temple of Shamash in Sippar, Mesopotamia (Iraq) -Original mould.
EditorialCuneiform tablet: fragment, Ebabbar archive, Neo-Babylonian, ca. 605?562 B.C., Mesopotamia, probably from Sippar (modern Tell Abu Habba), Babylonian, Clay, 0.83 x 1.1 x 1.57 in. (2.11 x 2.79 x 3.99 cm), Clay-Tablets-Inscribed.
EditorialCuneiform tablet: record of expenditures of silver, Ebabbar archive, Neo-Babylonian, ca. 605?562 B.C., Mesopotamia, probably from Sippar (modern Tell Abu Habba), Babylonian, Clay, 0.71 x 1.46 x 2.13 in. (1.8 x 3.71 x 5.41 cm), Clay-Tablets-Inscribed.
EditorialCuneiform tablet: fragment, Ebabbar archive, Neo-Babylonian or Achaemenid, ca. 7th?4th century B.C., Mesopotamia, probably from Sippar (modern Tell Abu Habba), Babylonian or Achaemenid, Clay, 0.75 x 1.34 x 1.73 in. (1.91 x 3.4 x 4.39 cm), Clay-Tablets-...
EditorialCuneiform tablet: fragment, Ebabbar archive, Neo-Babylonian, ca. 633 B.C., Mesopotamia, probably from Sippar (modern Tell Abu Habba), Babylonian, Clay, 0.83 x 1.42 x 2.17 in. (2.11 x 3.61 x 5.51 cm), Clay-Tablets-Inscribed.
EditorialCuneiform tablet: fragment, Ebabbar archive, Neo-Babylonian or Achaemenid, ca. 7th?4th century B.C., Mesopotamia, probably from Sippar (modern Tell Abu Habba), Babylonian or Achaemenid, Clay, 2.4 x .98 x .87 in. (6.1 x 2.49 x 2.21 cm), Clay-Tablets-Ins...
EditorialCuneiform tablet: account of silver expenditures, Ebabbar archive, Neo-Babylonian, ca. 605?562 B.C., Mesopotamia, probably from Sippar (modern Tell Abu Habba), Babylonian, Clay, 1.1 x 1.26 x 1.93 in. (2.79 x 3.2 x 4.9 cm), Clay-Tablets-Inscribed.
EditorialCuneiform tablet: fragment, Ebabbar archive, Neo-Babylonian or Achaemenid, ca. 7th?4th century B.C., Mesopotamia, probably from Sippar (modern Tell Abu Habba), Babylonian or Achaemenid, Clay, 1.1 x 1.5 x 2.01 in. (2.79 x 3.81 x 5.11 cm), Clay-Tablets-I...
EditorialCuneiform tablet: fragment of barley rations list, Ebabbar archive, Neo-Babylonian, ca. 7th?6th century B.C., Mesopotamia, probably from Sippar (modern Tell Abu Habba), Babylonian, Clay, 2.72 x 1 x .94 in. (6.91 x 2.69 x 2.35 cm), Clay-Tablets-Inscribed.
EditorialCuneiform tablet: account of commodity allocations, Ebabbar archive, Neo-Babylonian, ca. 7th?6th century B.C., Mesopotamia, Sippar (?), Babylonian, Clay, 0.94 x 1.73 x 3.46 in. (2.39 x 4.39 x 8.79 cm), Clay-Tablets-Inscribed.
EditorialCuneiform tablet: blanket allocation list, Ebabbar archive, Neo-Babylonian, ca. 605?562 B.C., Mesopotamia, probably from Sippar (modern Tell Abu Habba), Babylonian, Clay, 2.64 x 4.25 x 1.08 in. (6.7 x 10.8 x 2.75 cm), Clay-Tablets-Inscribed.
EditorialCuneiform tablet: fragment, Ebabbar archive, Neo-Babylonian or Achaemenid, ca. 7th?4th century B.C., Mesopotamia, probably from Sippar (modern Tell Abu Habba), Babylonian or Achaemenid, Clay, 0.79 x 1.54 x 1.89 in. (2.01 x 3.91 x 4.8 cm), Clay-Tablets-...
EditorialCuneiform tablet: fragment, Ebabbar archive, Neo-Babylonian or Achaemenid, ca. 7th?4th century B.C., Mesopotamia, probably from Sippar (modern Tell Abu Habba), Babylonian or Achaemenid, Clay, 1.22 x 1.93 x 2.24 in. (3.1 x 4.9 x 5.69 cm), Clay-Tablets-I...
EditorialCuneiform tablet: fragment, Neo-Babylonian or Achaemenid, ca. 7th?4th century B.C., Mesopotamia, Sippar (?), Babylonian or Achaemenid, Clay, 0.83 x 1.65 x 1.93 in. (2.11 x 4.19 x 4.9 cm), Clay-Tablets-Inscribed.
EditorialCuneiform tablet: account of barley disbursement, Ebabbar archive, Neo-Babylonian (?), ca. 7th?6th century B.C., Mesopotamia, probably from Sippar (modern Tell Abu Habba), Babylonian (?), Clay, 1.06 x 1.85 x 2.09 in. (2.69 x 4.7 x 5.31 cm), Clay-Tablet...
EditorialCuneiform tablet: fragment, Neo-Babylonian, ca. 568 B.C., Mesopotamia, probably from Sippar (modern Tell Abu Habba), Babylonian, Clay, 0.91 x 1.06 x 1.54 in. (2.31 x 2.69 x 3.91 cm), Clay-Tablets-Inscribed.
EditorialCuneiform tablet: fragment, Ebabbar archive, Neo-Babylonian or Achaemenid, ca. 7th?4th century B.C., Mesopotamia, probably from Sippar (modern Tell Abu Habba), Babylonian or Achaemenid, Clay, 0.67 x 0.79 x 1.57 in. (1.7 x 2.01 x 3.99 cm), Clay-Tablets-...
EditorialCuneiform tablet: fragment, Ebabbar archive, Neo-Babylonian or Achaemenid, ca. 7th?4th century B.C., Mesopotamia, probably from Sippar (modern Tell Abu Habba), Babylonian or Achaemenid, Clay, 0.87 x 0.63 x 0.35 in. (2.21 x 1.6 x .9 cm), Clay-Tablets-In...
EditorialCuneiform tablet: account of sheep holdings in households for offerings, Ebabbar archives, Neo-Babylonian, ca. 626?562 B.C., Mesopotamia, probably from Sippar (modern Tell Abu Habba), Babylonian, Clay, Thickness: 1 in. (2.5 cm), Clay-Tablets-Inscribed,.
EditorialCuneiform tablet: fragment, Ebabbar archive, Neo-Babylonian, ca. 605?562 B.C., Mesopotamia, Sippar (?), Babylonian, Clay, 0.83 x 1.77 x 1.81 in. (2.11 x 4.5 x 4.6 cm), Clay-Tablets-Inscribed.
EditorialCuneiform tablet: record of allocations of animal fodder, Ebabbar archive, Neo-Babylonian, ca. 7th?6th century B.C., Mesopotamia, probably from Sippar (modern Tell Abu Habba), Babylonian, Clay, 0.87 x 1.38 x 1.85 in. (2.21 x 3.51 x 4.7 cm), Clay-Tablet...
EditorialCuneiform tablet: account regarding baskets, Ebabbar archive, Neo-Babylonian, ca. 574 B.C., Mesopotamia, probably from Sippar (modern Tell Abu Habba), Babylonian, Clay, 1.25 x 1.82 x .63 in. (3.18 x 4.62 x 1.6 cm), Clay-Tablets-Inscribed.
EditorialCuneiform tablet: fragment, Ebabbar archive, Neo-Babylonian or Achaemenid, ca. 7th?4th century B.C., Mesopotamia, probably from Sippar (modern Tell Abu Habba), Babylonian or Achaemenid, Clay, 0.94 x 0.87 x 1.5 in. (2.39 x 2.21 x 3.81 cm), Clay-Tablets-...
EditorialCuneiform tablet: fragment, Ebabbar archive, Neo-Babylonian or Achaemenid, ca. 7th?4th century B.C., Mesopotamia, probably from Sippar (modern Tell Abu Habba), Babylonian or Achaemenid, Clay, 0.71 x 1.26 x 1.42 in. (1.8 x 3.2 x 3.61 cm), Clay-Tablets-I...
EditorialCuneiform tablet: account of wool purchase, Ebabbar archive, Neo-Babylonian, ca. 568 B.C., Mesopotamia, probably from Sippar (modern Tell Abu Habba), Babylonian, Clay, 0.83 x 0.91 x 2.17 in. (2.11 x 2.31 x 5.51 cm), Clay-Tablets-Inscribed.
EditorialCuneiform tablet: account of delivery of field rent, Ebabbar archive, Neo-Babylonian (?), ca. 7th?6th century B.C., Mesopotamia, probably from Sippar (modern Tell Abu Habba), Babylonian (?), Clay, 0.55 x 0.94 x 1.22 in. (1.4 x 2.39 x 3.1 cm), Clay-Tabl...
EditorialCuneiform tablet: flour deliveries for rent payment, Ebabbar archive, Neo-Babylonian, ca. 7th?6th century B.C., Mesopotamia, probably from Sippar (modern Tell Abu Habba), Babylonian, Clay, 1.1 x 2.36 x .77 in. (2.8 x 6 x 1.95 cm), Clay-Tablets-Inscribed.
EditorialCuneiform tablet: fragment, Ebabbar archive, Neo-Babylonian or Achaemenid, ca. 7th?4th century B.C., Mesopotamia, probably from Sippar (modern Tell Abu Habba), Babylonian or Achaemenid, Clay, 0.63 x 1.18 x 1.54 in. (1.6 x 3 x 3.91 cm), Clay-Tablets-Ins...
EditorialCuneiform tablet: account of barley disbursements to prebendaries, Ebabbar archive, Neo-Babylonian, ca. 550 B.C., Mesopotamia, probably from Sippar (modern Tell Abu Habba), Babylonian, Clay, 0.89 in. (2.25 cm), Clay-Tablets-Inscribed.
EditorialClay model of a sheep's liver (used by experts in divination). Old Babylonian, about 1900-1600 BCE Probably from Sippar, southern Iraq. Length: 14.6 cm Width: 14.6 cm ANE 92668 The Babylonians believed that the world was controlled by gods and that the...
EditorialClay mask of the demon Humbaba, 1800-1600 BCE. One method for predicting the future in ancient Mesopotamia was the study of the shape and colour of the internal organs of a sacrificed animal. A cuneiform inscription on the back of this mask suggests th...
EditorialBabylonian. Second Dynasty of Isin in the reign of Nebuchadnezzar II (1126-1105 BC). Boundary-stone. Kudurru. Limestone stela. Relief with symbols. Sippar, Abu Habba. Iraq. British Museum.
EditorialBabylonian. Second Dynasty of Isin in the reign of Nebuchadnezzar II (1126-1105 BC). Boundary-stone. Kudurru. Limestone stela. Relief with symbols. Sippar, Abu Habba. Iraq. British Museum.